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+'\" t
.\" Title: \fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql\fR
-.\" Author:
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.70.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 03/31/2009
+.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 08/12/2009
.\" Manual: MySQL Database System
.\" Source: MySQL 5.1
+.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "\fBMYSQL_TZINFO_TO_S" "1" "03/31/2009" "MySQL 5.1" "MySQL Database System"
+.TH "\FBMYSQL_TZINFO_TO_S" "1" "08/12/2009" "MySQL 5\&.1" "MySQL Database System"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" disable hyphenation
.nh
.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" mysql_tzinfo_to_sql
+.\" time zone tables
.SH "NAME"
mysql_tzinfo_to_sql \- load the time zone tables
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.HP 30
+.HP \w'\fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql\ \fR\fB\fIarguments\fR\fR\ 'u
\fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql \fR\fB\fIarguments\fR\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
@@ -21,41 +31,49 @@ The
\fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql\fR
program loads the time zone tables in the
mysql
-database. It is used on systems that have a
+database\&. It is used on systems that have a
zoneinfo
-database (the set of files describing time zones). Examples of such systems are Linux, FreeBSD, Sun Solaris, and Mac OS X. One likely location for these files is the
-\fI/usr/share/zoneinfo\fR
-directory (\fI/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo\fR
-on Solaris). If your system does not have a zoneinfo database, you can use the downloadable package described in
-Section\ 9.7, \(lqMySQL Server Time Zone Support\(rq.
+database (the set of files describing time zones)\&. Examples of such systems are Linux, FreeBSD, Sun Solaris, and Mac OS X\&. One likely location for these files is the
+/usr/share/zoneinfo
+directory (/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo
+on Solaris)\&. If your system does not have a zoneinfo database, you can use the downloadable package described in
+Section\ \&9.7, \(lqMySQL Server Time Zone Support\(rq\&.
.PP
\fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql\fR
can be invoked several ways:
.sp
-.RS 3n
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql \fR\fB\fItz_dir\fR\fR
shell> \fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql \fR\fB\fItz_file tz_name\fR\fR
shell> \fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql \-\-leap \fR\fB\fItz_file\fR\fR
.fi
+.if n \{\
.RE
+.\}
.PP
For the first invocation syntax, pass the zoneinfo directory path name to
\fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql\fR
and send the output into the
\fBmysql\fR
-program. For example:
+program\&. For example:
.sp
-.RS 3n
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql \-u root mysql\fR
.fi
+.if n \{\
.RE
+.\}
.PP
\fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql\fR
-reads your system's time zone files and generates SQL statements from them.
+reads your system\'s time zone files and generates SQL statements from them\&.
\fBmysql\fR
-processes those statements to load the time zone tables.
+processes those statements to load the time zone tables\&.
.PP
The second syntax causes
\fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql\fR
@@ -64,38 +82,48 @@ to load a single time zone file
that corresponds to a time zone name
\fItz_name\fR:
.sp
-.RS 3n
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql \fR\fB\fItz_file\fR\fR\fB \fR\fB\fItz_name\fR\fR\fB | mysql \-u root mysql\fR
.fi
+.if n \{\
.RE
+.\}
.PP
If your time zone needs to account for leap seconds, invoke
\fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql\fR
-using the third syntax, which initializes the leap second information.
+using the third syntax, which initializes the leap second information\&.
\fItz_file\fR
is the name of your time zone file:
.sp
-.RS 3n
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql \-\-leap \fR\fB\fItz_file\fR\fR\fB | mysql \-u root mysql\fR
.fi
+.if n \{\
.RE
+.\}
.PP
After running
-\fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql\fR, it is best to restart the server so that it does not continue to use any previously cached time zone data.
+\fBmysql_tzinfo_to_sql\fR, it is best to restart the server so that it does not continue to use any previously cached time zone data\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
+.br
.PP
-Copyright 2007\-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
.PP
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110\-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+.sp
.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
which may already be installed locally and which is also available
online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
.SH AUTHOR
-MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).
+Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).